Deface the Music

Deface the Music
Studio album by Utopia
Released October 1980
Genre Pop rock
Length 32:06
Label Bearsville
Producer Todd Rundgren
Utopia chronology
Adventures in Utopia
(1980)		 Deface the Music
(1980)		 Swing to the Right
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]

Deface the Music is a 1980 album by the band Utopia featuring Todd Rundgren, Roger Powell, Kasim Sulton, and Willie Wilcox. The concept of the album was to pay homage to The Beatles and create songs which sounded very similar to the Fab Four's tunes throughout the various stages of their career. The first track, "I Just Want to Touch You", was written by Rundgren for the movie Roadie soundtrack. It was rejected by the producers for fear of legal action because it sounded so much like the Beatles.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Utopia. 

No. Title Length
1. "I Just Want to Touch You"   2:00
2. "Crystal Ball"   2:00
3. "Where Does the World Go to Hide"   1:41
4. "Silly Boy"   2:20
5. "Alone"   2:10
6. "That's Not Right"   2:37
7. "Take It Home"   2:53
8. "Hoi Poloi"   2:33
9. "Life Goes On"   2:21
10. "Feel Too Good"   3:04
11. "Always Late"   2:22
12. "All Smiles"   2:27
13. "Everybody Else is Wrong"   3:38

Charts

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1981 Pop Albums 65

See also

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011 [last update]). "Deface the Music - Utopia | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/deface-the-music-r48449. Retrieved 8 July 2011. 
  2. ^ Fricke, David (2011 [last update]). "Utopia: Deface The Music : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. http://web.archive.org/web/20081007184502/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/utopia/albums/album/97732/review/5942224/deface_the_music. Retrieved 8 July 2011. 
Utopia
Todd Rundgren • Roger Powell • Kasim Sulton • Willie Wilcox
Kevin Ellman • Mark "Moogy" Klingman • M. Frog Labat • Ralph Schuckett • John Siegler
Studio albums
Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974)  • Ra (1977)  • Oops! Wrong Planet (1977)  • Adventures in Utopia (1980)  • Deface the Music (1980)  • Swing to the Right (1982)  • Utopia (1982)  • Oblivion (1984)  • P.O.V. (1985)
Live albums
Another Live (1975)  • Redux '92: Live in Japan (1992)  • Deface The Music Tour (live) (2001)  • Oops! Wrong Planet Tour (Japan) (live) (2001)  • Last of the New Wave Riders (live) (2003) • Last of the New Wave Riders (17 tracks) (live) (2008)
Compilation albums
Trivia (1986) Anthology (1974-1985)  • Passport Collection (1996) • Oblivion, POV & Some Trivia (1996)  • City in My Head (1999)  • Rhino Hi-Five: Utopia (2006)
Singles
"Communion with the Sun" • "Love Is the Answer" • "Set Me Free" • "The Very Last Time" • "Second Nature" • "I Just Want to Touch You" • "One World" • "Lysistrata" • "Hammer in My Heart" • "Feet Don't Fail Me Now" • "Crybaby" • "Love With a Thinker" • "Mated"
Videos/DVDs
An Evening with Utopia (1983)  • The Utopia Sampler (1983)  • A Retrospective 1977-1984 (1985)  • Live at the Royal Oak (1985)  • Redux '92: Live in Japan (1994)  • A Retrospective: 1977-1984 (2000)  • Live in Columbus, Ohio 1980 (2003)  • Live in Boston 1982 (2004)